A quick recap of some of the SoMobNet International Roundtable on "Social Mobile Networking for Informal Learning" that ran on 21 November 2011 in London: [link] Guy Merchant's keynote: [link] From which I quote some key ideas here: What happens when mobiles are founds in formal educational contexts? What should we be teaching about mobile social networking? They get banned!

implications of mLearning teacher roles: need to evolve to encompass wide-ranging support for informal learning (teachers must get more experience with mobile learning) strong guidance on aspects of personal safety and security issues (trust, safe learning environment, what does it mean for female immigrants to dive into social media networks.) so an overall lively use of mobile devices.

And it runs parallel to how digital media’s empowered people all over the world to create and deliver content using a host of online tools and social media applications. recommend you watch the videos first in order to better understand the entire process: Please check them out and let us know what you think. via A new methaphor for e-Learning – Challenge to learn. Send to Kindle.

The European Commission JRC (Joint Research Center), Institute for Prospective Technological Studies released last week at the EU Ministerial Conference on e-Government a comprehensive report on social and economic implications of Social Computing [aka Web2.0, social media]. The Impact of Social Computing on the EU Information Society and Economy' (Eds.) Valverde.

An interesting view into how technology, including mobile technology, is changing the social landscape. Tags: digital culture video This TED talk, presented by Clay Shirky in June 2010, discusses how digital technology has given us the ability to use our collective spare time and talents, what Shirky calls ‘cognitive suplus’, to participate in global projects and create in a global environment is ways that was never before possible. This voluntary participation has the benefit of creating both communal and civic value.

MOOC), or gearing up for a Personal Learning Network (PLN) is the selection of meaning social media tools. In order to get an overview of the big families in social media, I started to make a list for my own comprehension and future selection. If you see that I have missed a group or set of social media tools, feel free to let me know. Social Media Tool Why use it + implementation Example with possible extra Idea and content sharing Microblogging Twitter allows the learner group to share short messages with one another, linking it to more content. Video (e.g.
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We all got our heads together (doctors, social scientists and technologists) and set up a really cool and easy to build and implement diabetes project. Some resources If you are interested in testing out the frontlinesms medic for your own purposes, feel free to download the frontlineSMS medic program here or check out this video and start your own project yourself or with your team. social change mobile mLearning ITM health mhealth diabetes ICT4DMost of us want to make some kind of difference, making the world a better place. Finding a low cost (free and open source!)
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Why I found this video interesting? After two years of studying the implications of writing on a remote indigenous culture in the rain forest of Papua New Guinea, he has turned his attention to the effects of social media and digital technology on global society. He has made some seminal contributions in the field of digital ethnography, and burst in to the realm of public consciousness with his 2007 video -"The Machine is US/ing US". Enough formality, here is the conversation which starts with his famous video 5 minutes in the YouTube video.
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With education being at the crossroads it says to be and with the crisis cutting educational initiatives around the world, this video can give us some strategies to see positive change happening thanks to grassroot action. In this 25 minute video Sean Abajian shares the journey of some educational activists that were able to ralley using mobile phone calls and community action to safeguard adult education in Los Angeles. education activism mobimooc social interaction
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Social media will become more streamlined, and all present: the last couple of year’s new social media applications sprung up. Social media will become normal for any type of learning, because it favors networks and connections. In my opinion, now that these (social media) technologies have taken off, the focus will come back to the learner her/himself. Just take a look at the Augmented Reality Team video’s. Tags: social network pedagogy low resource setting augmented reality social media ubiquitous learning semantic eLearning education2.0,
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